Cover-attaching means for pressing boards



Jan. 13, 1-93].

F. J. POSER COVER ATTACHING MEANS FOR PRESSING' 80m Filed March 29. 1928Patented Jan. 13, 1931 UNITED" s'l'a res PHILLIP. 3'. Bosnia, or BRONX,NEW Yonm-nssreuon'ro ALBERT rosnn, or new YORK,N;Y.

covmmmemm MEAiiTSTOBjERESSING BOARDS Application filed was, 1928.Seria1iNo. 2G 5, 692. I

My invention relates to new and useful able said cover' to bequickly andreadily re moved, when desired, for sanitary purposes or otherwise.

It is awell known fact that on the principal garment pressing machinesnow in use or on pressing tables of the domestic type, covers areapplied by meansof-a cord or flexible connection which require'theflop-ierators time to the extent of possibly one half hour in installing.volves the threading ofthe rope or connection through a pocket or otherconnections on the cover, the tying of the rope or connection after thecover has been fitted to the board, allof which consumes a suiiicienttime to be considered a loss'in business,

My invention contemplates the provision of means for quickly and readilysecuring a cover to a board which means are under tension so that thecover will b e drawn tightly across the board at all times.

A further object of my invention resides in providing an elongated coilspring which is cngaged'with a pocket formed at the edge of the cover,ends of the coil spring being connectibl-e removably with a transverseyielding connection, whereby when the cover is applied to the board,said cover will be yieldin'gly drawn across the board andhcld bothlongitudinally and transversely;

A still further object of my invention rcsides in providing animprovement on my co-pending application filed March. 3rd, 1928, SerialNumber 258,782, in that the present invention provides fewer parts ofsimpler construction and less: expensive to This operation in-- Figure 4is a bottom plan view of a pressinanufacture thanthe construction shownin r i previously filed application,

, Withthese and numerous other objects in view, my invention consists inthe novel features of construction, combination and 5G arrangement ofparts, as will be hereinafter referred to" and more particularlypointed. out in'the specificationand claims.

In the accompanying drawing forming a part of this-application? Figure1' is a bottom plan view, partly in sectionand with parts broken away,of a pressing board orbnck with a cover applied thereto and secured inplace by myimpro-ved attaching means. 9 Figure? is a tran'sverse sectiontherethrough as'seenon the line. 2 -2 of Figure l :Figure 3 is anenlarged detailed PGI'SPQC." tive view of the attaching means removedand ingboard witliaslight modification of the invention applied to usethereon.

In describing the invention, '1 shall refer to the drawing inwhich'similar reference characters designate corresponding partsthroughout the several views, and in which 1 designates a pressing boardof the usual or any preferred type,'I having shown the form which isknown as the lower buck of a garment pressing machine supported on thepedestalor arm 2, such as is usually provided in pressing machines ofthetype referred to, although itwill be understood that my invention isapplicableto useon pressing boards or bucks of any preferred or desiredt pe- I V I 4 I It will also be understood that for convenience I haveshown a pressing board or buck known as the lower buck on a pressingmachine, but my improved cover attaching means is applicable to theupper buck or head ofa pressing machine just as well.

'To the board 1 is applied a cloth cover 3 of the usual or any preferredtype, cut, of

course, to the desired shape to conform to the contour of the pressingboard to which it is applied. The edge of the cover is folded overuniformly with the edge of the fold stitched to the body of said cover,thus forming a pocket l therearound. A portion of the pocket is cut awayabout centrally along one side edge, as shown at 5 to form a slittherein, and into this pocket 4 through the slit 5 is introduced anelongated coil spring 6, the ends of which are formed into eyes 7, whichare adapted to meet in the cut away or slit portion 5, as shown inFigure I of the drawing;

swivelled eye 9. Obviously, with this coil spring held in place 7thereon. The coil spring is, of course, slightly shorter in length thanthe complete length ofthe cover, so that the pocket will be drawn to aposition on the bottom face 'of the board 1 when said cover undertension of the spring is applied.

In order to assist in yieldingly retaining the cover in position onthepressing board, particularly to take up the wrinkles trans versely, Iprovide a transverse flexible connection which consists of a short coilspring 10, the one end of which is providedwith a hook 11 adapted forengagement withthe swivelledeye 9. i To the opposite en-d ofthe spring10 is connected a well known type of spring clasp 12, the latter beingadapted for engagement with the pocket enclosing the spring 6 at a pointdiametrically opposite the cut away portion 5,as' clearly. shown inFigure 1 of the drawing. In this manner,

the cover will, obviously, remain securely held in position on thebuck:or pressing. board yet be capable of quick-and ready removalwhendesired.

In view of the loss of time'ordinarily required to remove and replacethe cover on pressing tables and bucks, they are seldomreplaced-bytailors and pressers except where absolutely necessary. Under suchcircum-. stances, one frequently notes. that a cover will be extremelysoiled and worn when viewing a pressing machine where garments are beingpressed. Thus, ordinarily the covers used are very unsanitary and withmy improved attachment, this unsightly and unsanitary condition may beobviated.

In Figure l, I have shown a slightly modified form the invention whereina cover 13 is applied to a table l loflarger proportions thanordinarily. used. The cover is constructed exactly as shown andthepreviously described form having a pocket init-s edge which receivesa coil spring 115 similar to the spring. Thecut out portionl7,siiiiilarto the cut away portions" 5' is disposedfne'arer one end ofthe" cover, however, softlia't the Connectedwith these eyes7 is a snaphook '8 provided at its end with a transverse connection 18 whichcomprises the same elements as the transverse connection previouslydescribed is disposed nearer one end of the table. I then provide anadditional transverse connection which comprises a coil spring 19 to theends of'which are removably engaged the spring clasps 21. Obviously,these spring clasps are engaged with. the pockets of the cover enclosingthe coil spring 15 below the face of the table 14:,

as clearly shown in F igure' 4, and adjacent the opposite end of saidtable or board from that at which the other connection is disposed. f

: The principle involved in the modified form shown in Figure 4 is thesame as that involved in th'e preferred form of the invention, therebeing but one added element and that-being'the additional transversespring connection .so that two. transverse yielding connections areprovided for use on long'pressingboards or bucks.

From the foregoing description of the constructionof my improved'device,the operation thereof will beread-ily understood and it will be seen;that Ihave providie'dfa simple, inexpensive and eiiieient'means forcarrying out the objects of the invention; i 7

\Vhile I have particularly described the elements best adaptedto'perfor'm the functions set forth,'-it is obvious that v'arious'changes in form, proportion and in the minor details of construction,may be resorted to without departing fromth'e spirit or sacrificing anyof the principles of the invention.

Having described my invention, what I:

claim is:

1. A cover attaching means for pressing boards'comprising an elongatedcoil spring, a snap hook detachablyconnecting the ends of said springtogether and having" a swivelled eye thereon, and a transverse yieldingmeanshavin g one end thereof in engagement withsaid eye and means atthe'opposite end of said yielding means for detachable engagement withthe spring at a point opposite therein at a point opposite theopening inthe poeketland intermediate the ends of said cover! p 3; A pressingboar-d cover comprising a sheet having its edge turned over to. form acontinuous marginal pocket, the pocket havlng an opening at a pointtherein a sprlng housed in the pocket and having end' por- 'tionsentering the opening thereof'and a I stretching means foi' the sheetcomprising a tension spring having means atone end de-, tachablyadaptedto engage the exterior'sur face of the pocket and at its otherend means adapted to enter the opening of the'pocket and connect withthe ends of the first menf tioned spring.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature.

PHILLIP J. POSER.

